Island Light: Song for Easter
Basketball team at Boys and Girls Club shows off their own March Madness.
Basketball team at Boys and Girls Club shows off their own March Madness.
Waves kick up at Katama, but gull pays them no mind.
Waves kick up at Katama, but gull pays them no mind.
Under the causeway at Squibnocket.
Under the causeway at Squibnocket.
Patriot boat Quickwater exits Oak Bluffs harbor into oncoming waves.
Patriot boat Quickwater exits Oak Bluffs harbor into oncoming waves.
Old reliable.
Old reliable.
Unloading refurbished rides to the Flying Horses carousel prior to their reopening this weekend.
Unloading refurbished rides to the Flying Horses carousel prior to their reopening this weekend.
Annual tradition for the Flying Horses to reopen Easter weekend.
Annual tradition for the Flying Horses to reopen Easter weekend.
Harrier hawk scouts the saltmarsh in Menemsha.
Harrier hawk scouts the saltmarsh in Menemsha.
Off-season for this house on the beach in Lobsterville.
Off-season for this house on the beach in Lobsterville.
Vulture circles overhead in Aquinnah.
Vulture circles overhead in Aquinnah.
East Chop dock.
East Chop dock.
Jay Lagemann's iconic swordfish statue celebrates fishing culture of Menemsha.
Jay Lagemann's iconic swordfish statue celebrates fishing culture of Menemsha.
Coast Guard cutter heads back into port after performing drills.
Coast Guard cutter heads back into port after performing drills.
Old house in Oak Bluffs ...
Old house in Oak Bluffs ...
... And new house in Katama.
... And new house in Katama.
Oystercatchers.
Oystercatchers.
End of day sky over Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs.
End of day sky over Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs.
Streetlight serenade in downtown Oak Bluffs.
Streetlight serenade in downtown Oak Bluffs.
Recent rain and chill to the contrary, spring has reached our shores, and the season ahead has come into sight. The daffodils are in bloom, the forsythia is opening, robins are rampant, and osprey have returned to their summer homes. Surest sign of all, houses that have been locked and boarded are blooming like flowers themselves, with doors and windows open and furniture being reintroduced to porches. A time of reflection, a time of anticipation, a time of affirmation and of conservation. It's Easter week, and new life is beginning all around us.